As Taiwan’s top security agency warned that a move to set up a air defense zone by China could usher in a wave of regional tension, the island country’s new defense minister said on Monday it would not recognize any air defense zone declared by China over the South China Sea.   Beijing could...

The Scottish Parliament has voted for a moratorium on the use of the fracking technology. As a result of voting, the Parliament has decided to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing technology, which is associated with the negative impact on human health and environment. Representatives of the...

Nearly a week after his disappearance set off a massive search that kept Japan riveted, a Japanese boy abandoned in a dense forest by his parents for being naughty was found alive and unharmed on Friday.   After his parents left him by the side of a road, reportedly as discipline for...

The Bank of England on Thursday showed samples of the first plastic banknotes. Reverse side of the new five pounds-banknote depicts former Prime Minister Winston Churchill. According to the Bank of England's manager Mark Carney, the new banknotes will be "cleaner, safer and stronger."  The...

A major offensive to drive Islamic State out of a swathe of northern Syria it uses as a logistics base as launched by thousands of U.S.-backed fighters who opened a major new front in Syria's war.   Isis’ access to Syrian land along the Turkish border that the militants have long used to...

The US State Department warned Americans traveling to Europe this summer about a threat of terrorist attacks. The report put a particular attention to UEFA Euro 2016 in France, and the Catholic World Youth Day in Poland.ф The warning issued by the State Department on Tuesday said that "a large...

Tension built up in South East Asia on Monday after South Korea said it had detected evidence of missile launch preparations by North Korea and Japan put its military on alert on Monday for a possible North Korean ballistic missile firing, officials from Japan and South Korea said.   Ever...

The Government of Malta launched a program granting a residence permit in exchange for investments. In contrast to all similar programs operating in other countries, the program does not imply residence qualification. The Government of Malta revealed parameters of the residence permit program...

A deflated tyre during a takeoff turned the plane’s wheel into a square shape, yet the safety on landing was not compromised. The aviation experts at Heathrow Airport of London were baffled to witness a “British Airways A380 Superjumbo” land with “a stunning square-shaped tyre”. The flight “BA-32”...